Extrapituitary GH in the chicken: Underestimation of immunohistochemical staining Carnoy's fixation

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-234

  Murphy, A E ^a   Peek, H ^a   Baudet, M L ^a   Harvey, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; FIXATIVE; GROWTH HORMONE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMERUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMB BUD; LUNG; MYOTOME; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FORMALDEHYDE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYMERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0037799409     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1770223     Document Type: Article

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